Fees, Funding & Tax-Free Childcare

At Childsplay, we continue to maintain a 1:4 ratio for 2 year olds and 1:8 ratio for 3 and 4 year olds. We believe this is in the best interest of the child.

Monthly Fees 2024 - 2025

PLEASE NOTE - Some families are now entitled to government early years funding. See below.

  
    No. of sessions per week
    Fees per calendar month
  
    10
    £1162
  
    9
    £1162
  
    8
    £1044
  
    7
    £920
  
    6
    £782
  
    5
    £670
  
    4
    £591
  
    3
    £453
  
    2
    £308
  
    1
    £154

  
    Additional sessions
    Fee per session
  
    1 - 4
    £35.40
  
    5 - 8
    £34.20
  
    9 - 10
    £31.00

Costs are determined from the number of half-day sessions attended per week. For example, a child who comes to Childsplay Nursery for the whole day on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays would be attending 6 sessions per week. If your child is absent for any reason (eg sickness or holiday) the monthly fee is still payable in full.

Parents can arrange additional nursery care on days that their children do not usually attend if available. This must be arranged in advance and confirmed by the office, fees for additional sessions are shown above. Where a placement commences or ends during a month, or the parent wishes to reduce, increase or otherwise alter the number of booked sessions, then the above sessional rate will apply to the number of days used during the month

Fees include all organic produce used for healthy snacks, meals and drinks throughout the day. Nappies and formula milk are also included in the cost, as well as outings to forest school, allotment, theatre and other educational visits which support the interests and projects of the older children.

Fees are due monthly at the 1st of each month and cover your child's attendance at their arranged regular sessions. We close for two training days per year, between Christmas and New Year and on all statutory bank holidays. The fee structure takes this into account.

Funding

The Government now offer families Early Years Funding and some families can claim 15 or 30 hours. We offer funding as a ‘stretched’ offer ie across 51 weeks of the year for the consistency of payments. If you think you might be eligible for funding please contact Kerry (kerry@childsplaynursery.info). To find out more information and apply, view here.

Tax-Free Childcare & Vouchers

Most of our families pay fees using the Government tax-free childcare scheme as this saves parents money. Click here to find out more and learn how the scheme works. To apply visit…

We also accept childcare vouchers from employer benefit schemes from a variety of voucher providers.